Hi, people! So. I was originally going to review Apollyon, since I have yet to do that, but life did its funky thing and I have to hold off on my review until next week sometime. So for now, I'm posting TEASERS!
Okay, okay. I know what you're thinking. "TEASERS, Jessica? We've all already read the aweosmeness that is this book. You're the only one who's been slow about this."
I know. For real, I know. BUT. This is a walk down memory lane, right? Remember after we finished Deity and we were all flipping out over that ending, how Alex was smiling and we were like AWW AIDEN and were like holy crap WTF is Jen going to do? And then in the months before we got our hands on this beauty, Jen was posting teasers.
Remember how those teasers made us feel? Excited, terrified, and then excited all over again--even more so. THAT is why I'm doing this.
Plus, it's cool to look back on what used to tease us and know that we know exactly what was going on in that scene--often, for me anyway, what I imagined turned out to be nothing like what I imagined it would be.
So. TEASERS!
(I'm grabbing these from
Deity Island, because Vi has always been amazing at keeping up with what Jen teases us with. Oh, and these probably aren't ALL the teasers EVER. Just some.)
Teaser #1:
Teaser #2:
My feet touched the ground and I took a step forward—one, and then
another. And Aiden didn’t move. He waited. It was in those eyes of his,
the finality of this. He wouldn’t win, he couldn’t and he knew it. Aiden
accepted it.
As I reached him, the rain stopped and the clouds parted. The sun
followed my footsteps.
“Alex.” Aiden’s voice was broken.
Like a cobra striking, I took Aiden’s legs out from under him and he was
on his back before another breath could be taken. Straddling him, I
placed my hands on his shoulders. The marks of the Apollyon glowed a
vibrant blue and raced over my skin.
I leaned in, placing my lips above his and the words that came out of my
mouth were mine… but weren’t. “All moments end, Saint Delphi. And now
yours has.” I pressed my lips to the corner of his and he flinched. “You
are weak because you love.”
Aiden stared up at me, unblinking. “To love is not weak. Love is the
strongest thing there is.”
My lips curved into a smile. Idiot.
Teaser #3:
His all-white eyes gleamed. “I’ve seen it all in battle. There is the
way the body curls into itself when it wants death. There is the silent
scream for release. There are the eyes, and they speak even when the
tongue no longer works. And then there is the soul that rots so poorly
when death is wanted but withheld that it carries a certain stench.”
Ice shot through my veins, turning my blood to slush. At that moment I
knew no matter how much I fought, this… this was going to suck.
Teaser #4:
“One down,” I said, turning around. “Who’s ne—?”
Thanatos tossed Marcus to the ground, deflected Solos’ attack, and turned on me in a nanosecond. It was pretty epic.
A
bolt of white light flew from Thanatos’ hand and there wasn’t a single
thing in this world that could move fast enough. Not even Seth, I was
betting.
It hit me just below the chest and my legs collapsed from
underneath me. Red-hot, searing pain sliced through my skin and my face
smacked off the ground. I didn’t even feel it. There was nothing but the
razing pain locking up my muscles.
God bolts sucked.
Aiden yelled
my name, and then I thought I heard my name called again, but it was
inside my head, loud, and so very angry… and it sounded like Seth.
Without
any warning, the ground trembled under my twitching body. A flash of
golden light cascaded through the clearing. Warmth stole over my body.
Weakly, I lifted my head.
Two leather-clad legs stood before me.
“That
is enough, Thanatos.” Apollo’s voice was calm, but it was that creepy,
deadly calm I never wanted to be on the receiving end of.
“N-n-nice of y-you to s-show up,” I gasped.
“Shut up, Alex.” Apollo strode forward. A ray of light followed his steps.
Teaser #5:
“They do.” Apollo’s eyes narrowed on me. “But I was hoping there was
something knocking around in her brain that held the answer to that
little problem. But—” Apollo smacked a hand down on my leg. “Must you
always be moving some part of your body?”
I glared at him as I
not-so-gently removed his hand. The contact of his flesh on mine brought
the marks of Apollyon out like nothing else. And I knew he saw them by
the way his eyes darted over my face. “It’s not hurting you,” I said.
“It’s annoying.”
“You’re annoying,” I shot back.
Teaser #6:
Teaser #7:
Teaser #8:
Absolute power—unforgiving and hard, pure as it was deadly— coursed over
my skin. I reared back, summoning the fifth and final element. Intense
blue light erupted from my palm.
Akasha ripped from me, arcing through the air like cloud-to-cloud
lightning, homing in on its target and striking true. The sky crackled
and heated. One second, the automaton was on his knee, and the next he
was nothing but a pile of shimmery dust.
“Good gods,” came Olivia’s hoarse whisper.
Another automaton took the fallen one’s place, swinging out with a metal
hand that clinked and clicked. Fire sparked from its open mouth. I
spun, catching the broad side of his arm and twisting. The hoarse shout
of pain was lost in the clash of metal, the thunder of bullets finding
another automaton.
It raised its bull face and snapped at me with massive jaws. “Please.” I
placed my hand on the massive forehead.
Blue light coursed over the head and down the body, lightening up
the metallic skull and bone structure. For a moment, it was like a
pretty x-ray or a jellyfish—a really disturbing jellyfish—and then
cobalt light radiated from its eyes and open mouth. It imploded—caved in
on itself, turning to nothing but dust.
And then the crap really hit the fan.
The automatons—every last one of the freaky bull things—turned on me.
They moved quickly, metal legs rattling and clinking. Fire spewed from
their mouths like the poor man’s version of a dragon. They came from all
directions, Apollyon-seeking missiles with “Kill Alex” stamped all over
them.
Fire came from them, blinding and intense. Nothing existed outside the
flames. No sound. No sight. My world was red and orange...
And my world was tinted in amber.
Alex? His voice came through the thrumming connection.
I ignored him and the way his consciousness slid in alongside mine.
What are you up to?
Teaser #9:
"Sounds like a smart idea." Dark humor laced Aiden's voice. "You might
want to get your gun off my brother's face while you're at it."
Teaser #10:
And that's it for the teasers!
Now, for other stuffy stuff...
Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Pagecount: 343
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Series: Covenant #4
Description from Goodreads:
Fate isn’t something to mess with… and now, neither is Alex.
Alex
has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being
placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and
Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods—and Alex herself—to
bring her back.
The gods have killed thousands and could destroy
entire cities in their quest to stop Seth from taking Alex’s power and
becoming the all-powerful God Killer. But breaking Alex’s connection to
Seth isn’t the only problem. There are a few pesky little loopholes in
the whole “an Apollyon can’t be killed” theory, and the only person who
might know how to stop the destruction has been dead for centuries.
Finding
their way past the barriers that guard the Underworld, searching for
one soul among countless millions, and then somehow returning will be
hard enough. Alex might be able to keep Seth from becoming the God
Killer… or she might become the God Killer herself.
About the Author
# 1 New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout Lives in West Virginia.
All the rumors you heard about her state aren’t true.
Well,
mostly. When she's not hard at work writing, she spends her time,
reading, working out, watching zombie movies, and pretending to write.
She is the author of the Covenant Series (Spencer Hill Press), the Lux
Series (Entangled Teen), Don't Look Back (Disney/Hyperion) and a yet
untitled novel (Disney/Hyperion), and new YA paranormal series with
Harlequin Teen.
Jennifer also writes New Adult and Adult romance under the pen name
J. Lynn. The Gamble Brothers Series (Tempting the Best Man/Tempting the
Player) and Wait for You. Under her pen name, she is published with
Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
Author Links:
Giveaway
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♥Jessica(:
